Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Belarus instead of Spain, you would:

Health

live 8.3 years less

In Spain, the average life expectancy is 83 years (80 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022. In Belarus, that number is 74 years (69 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

be 70.6% less likely to be unemployed

In Spain, 12.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Belarus, that number is 3.6% as of 2023.

be 76.2% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Spain, 20.2% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Belarus, however, that number is 4.8% as of 2020.

pay a 71.1% lower top tax rate

Spain has a top tax rate of 45.0% as of 2016. In Belarus, the top tax rate is 13.0% as of 2017.

make 40.3% less money

Spain has a GDP per capita of $46,400 as of 2023, while in Belarus, the GDP per capita is $27,700 as of 2023.

Life

be 66.7% less likely to die during childbirth

In Spain, approximately 3.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Belarus, 1.0 women do as of 2020.

have 16.9% more children

In Spain, there are approximately 7.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Belarus, there are 8.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 32.4% more likely to die during infancy

In Spain, approximately 2.5 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Belarus, on the other hand, 3.3 children do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 40.2% less on healthcare

Spain spends 10.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Belarus, that number is 6.4% of GDP as of 2020.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Ministry for Taxes and Levies of the Republic of Belarus, Agencia Tributaria, Spain.

Belarus: At a glance

Belarus is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 202,900 sq km. After seven decades as a constituent republic of the USSR, Belarus attained its independence in 1991. It has retained closer political and economic ties to Russia than have any of the other former Soviet republics. Belarus and Russia signed a treaty on a two-state union on 8 December 1999 envisioning greater political and economic integration. Although Belarus agreed to a framework to carry out the accord, serious implementation has yet to take place. Since his election in July 1994 as the country's first directly elected president, Aleksandr LUKASHENKO has steadily consolidated his power through authoritarian means and a centralized economic system. Government restrictions on freedom of speech and the press, peaceful assembly, and religion remain in place.
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